LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 7, 14 November 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is claimed that the brsncu of the Colonial Tank which has been ope mat at the UhiJf i,lurthur south than any other bank in the world. The total estimated population of New Zealand on the SOth of June iast was (30,582, consisting of 313,035 males, and 233,fc5)7 females,

Patea Mifles parade for inspection a! half>f!St seven to-morrow evening. Dr A Temp c I’cricns, of this town, ys gacetted public racmator for tin Patea district. Messrs Nolan. Tonksand Co.’s Kakaramea sale takes place on Thu vs r.y next. Entilewill be found in another column. A notice nnnears el ?c where calling f-> m mfr.a”ions fU Amor, winch mm: be in th iro;ds of the 80-ui'iuny •. incur bj 1 1: - - J I i.-Tt for i’atc (his morning. sh moruinp. V. .roe, -h Commii’ms mm row mLA Tim*- the .id it) a rued monthly un'Oting tame- ]‘>r.cc dm ovAimr, v, u :i a* full a: urn urn c U mvc-- < irv to" decide cu the ruuutoiy electiui vi councilions. A special lei'gram loti.c . hrome’e say ; The Bryce election petit; ,>n wi.l i-c byaul ye fore the 1 liu-li .lus.icc and Mr Juui;c Wiid'.iiis os'Claro The da cot hcar.ng bum/ fixed for da; i'-Oth .'-ovember. Advice l-.ns been teceh'od by cable bud; t.m .’ircciors of ;h • New Zealand band Comp.my (Limited) have declared a div cloud at be rate of 8 percent, and pi wen £yo og‘ dm reserve fund, an i carried forward amOoi ■> f-Jd. The recounts of the terrible depression the Colony must sound very real to r.e on ■ -idc world, when queued side by side wr.n the fact lint at the Christ*, huuh races fartidy sum of £30,287 was put through dm totalisator. It is with i egret, wo learn that, owing:;, his departure fiom the district. Captain .1 1 Kells, of the Fire Biigade, has been compelled to resign his position. It is expectep a meeting of the Brigade will be held this week to appoint his successor. It has hitherto been supposed that the highest mountain in the world was mount Everest, one of the Himalayan range. 29.000 feet high ; but this honor is now claimed for Mount')-! ercuk'S, in Now Guinea, which soars to the tremendous altitude of 32 ; 7BM't.

We reel'd to hear that Mr Quinn, of Norman by, shot himself on buturday last. The deed seems almost iucxpdcable—although some very heavy losses in the South Isiand is supposed to be the cause —as Mr Qu.nn was a quiet, well-to-do man, with nothing but imaginary evils to cloud bis days, A fanner found much difiicnlty in obtaining sufficient water, so he bored a sixty loowell, put in a cheap pump, fixed up a huge family swim', and connected it to the pump by an iron rob His youngsters now draw up as much water as he requires, but the) don’t know they are working. ’Cutc'rnan. Mir Julius Vogel thinks tin,t members o ■ lie Upper House should not put - M.L C ’’ after their names when signing electioneering letters. fie did not find fault when the late Minister of Lands, the sponsor of ■* Fort Ballance, 1 ’ used his name and office and the Telegraph Department to try to pi event the letarn of Mr James Carroll.—Hawke’s Bay Herald.

Something like vaulting.-—F. Bay, tie celebrated English amateur nole-leaper, ha again beaten Ills record. By the. last niai. but one it was stated that he had cleared lit Jin at the Grasmere spoi ts. Iwo days latei at Waitehavcn. he beat this by five-eighths o an inch. At Manchester, the iollowing day. wiih no (-ns to oppose him, he attempted 11ft Bin. but just missing accomplishing far feat. A parly.of Maoris, who have taken up then quarters at Witikau for tne fishing season had their work for nothing one day last wees It appears they had been fishing some eoudderablc distance fr m the shore, and when claming with the fish, the i- tick-wash whies .as very strong, swung the canoe broad-sid.• uii, when the inward wash, capsized it, an launched its cargo of fish n 1 dusky friend into the briney,but, i eyond losing the fish and no-, no damage was alone, th •- Maoris sue -ceding in reaching shore. Of Mr WatiklyiA iiaper.-onation of 1 .or. Chancellor, in loianlhe at Wans-an ai the iicrr.Ul mys.—There was a finish in his act- , gall through that our amateurs in....in well copy, as it is in t: is respect tncy arc most a 1 fault. He made his ponds leu, especially in ids dialogue with t-Urenhon, and his son,.' ■•.-aid 1 to mysrlf.said 1, ’ This mi I tiie patter -ou-g were both encored, and the dance waloudly applauded. Aiiogetiier Mr Wauklyn’s conception of the character was more in ccord with that of the leading re present adve who have played tiie Chancellor, and ne well deserved the plaudits that were accorded him. Another telegram to tho Chronicle, .says—Mr Bruce presented a petition to-d ty from til ratepayers in the county of Waitotara praying that the Wanganui Ha -oa .Bill may not be made law on sever d gioun.l That the proposed expenditure was unjustified by the results to be gained ; That the railway competed, and • would always compete sue cessfully, wi hj the port; that the depth of the bar and river would lie actually lessei e I instead of increased, and offier alleged reasons, The following names appear on the petition : —Messrs Alexander, Watt, Bussell, Bryce. Beat, Bobcitson, Be ke, and Field. When returning from the Waverley Sport* on ■' edno-day evening last, Messrs Arnutage, Mentz, and Nichol, narrowly escaped a serious accident, Shortly after leaving thy town, a tilting on the swmglatree broke causing the trace to fall, and this s a; ted the horse on a bolt,at the termination of which he commenced kicking,and broke both shafts,two of the occupants i.eing thrown out at the back of the sulky, and the driver being puiietl over the front, but luckily, beyond the fall, they received no injuries. Had the accident not occurred, they wv.uk! have, in all probability, run over a Maori, who had been thrown from his horse, and was lying intoxicated, in the the middle of the road, some short distance ahead. Very little medicine of any other kind required if LAM PLOUGH, S L*VBr.Tl ; SALINE is at hand, and taken as occasions arise. It is the cure’and BUEVEMTIVE of most disea-es incident to Tropical and Colonial life. It allays thirst and cools and vita i-es the blood in a remarkable manner, speedily removing Constipation, Tevcrishiie-s Fevers. Headache, Vomitin:, and Liver troub.es. Mation proprietors, Flockmasteiw, and all residing in up-country stations should be piovidod with it. Ask your merchant to send regular supplies with your other stores, as it is invaluable to all. bold by ail medicine vendors.